Best China Tours with Silk Road

Guilin, an internationally-known historical and cultural city, has long been renowned for its unique karst scenery. Its vicinities are the paradise of hiking, caving, rafting, biking and countryside exploring.

Zhenyuan Ancient Town

Zhenyuan Ancient Town, 62 km northeast from Kaili city, is a pearl on the Wuyang River. Most of the town's dwellers are Miao people. Zhenyuan established its town seat in the Qin Dynasty and became an important city in the Ming Dynasty. As a top tourist attraction, the town is noted for a long history and plenty of cultural relics, which make it simply a historic museum.

Only covering an area of 3.1 square kilometers, but Zhenyuan Ancient Town greets you with more than 160 attractions such as unique traditional architecture of caves, palaces, pavilions, temples, bridges, exquisite engravings and marvelous river sights. Especially, the Black Dragon Cave (Qinglong Cave) is a religious complex of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.

Cut a 'S' through by the Wuyang River, Zhenyuan Ancient Town is divided into two parts: north city for mansions and south city for defense in the past, which forms a scene of water town. The Dragon Boat Festival, held on May 25th of every year on the Wuyang River, is the most ceremonious celebration in Zhenyuan.